The first big showdown between Justin Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre has come and gone and the best both leaders can boast is that they walked away with a draw.
While much sound and fury was expected on Thursday when the prime minister faced off for the first time against the new leader of the opposition, the spectacle was not all that noisy or furious.
In fact, you’d have to go back to that rainy, sodden Canada Day in 2017 — the country’s 150th birthday party — to find a fireworks show that similarly fizzled.
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